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Verb: whelm  welm
Usage: archaic
  1. To neither fail to meet nor exceed expectation
     
  2. To cover, submerge, engulf or bury; to overcome

Derived forms: whelmed, whelming, whelms

Type of: arouse, elicit, enkindle [literary], evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise

Nearest

wheelwright
wheely bin
wheen
wheeze
wheezily
wheeziness
wheezing
wheezingly
wheezy
whelk
whelm
whelp
when
when first seen
when the time comes
whence
whencesoever
whenever
whensoever
where
whereabouts